William (Gardiner) of Bermondsey (1531 - 1597)

Born 1531 in Hertfordshire, England

Descendants

Died 26 Nov 1597 at about age 66 in Bermondsey, Surrey, England

Biography

This profile is part of the Gardner Name Study.

William Gardiner of Bermondsey, Surrey J.P. (b. c. 1531 - d. 26 Nov 1597), was the son of:^[1]

• William Gardiner of Bermondsey,^[1] & [of Hertfordshire],^[2]
• and Elizabeth Michell of Yorkshire.^[1][2] He was the brother of Richard Gardiner, Sergeant-at-Arms to Henry VIII.^[3]

William was a leather seller in London.^[1][4] He served as MP for Lostwithiel in 1589, and MP for Helston in 1593.

Marriage

He married twice.^[1] He probably did not have any children with his second wife Margaret Lucas of Gloucester. The mother of his children was his first wife, Frances Lucy, dau. of Robert Lucy of London.

Lucy

m.1 (07 Jun) Frances (d. 1575), dau. of Robert Lucy of London; wid. of Edmond Wayte of Bermondsey.^[1]

children

• Christopher (dvp. 1596)
• Sir Thomas of Basing, Peckham, JP.

m. Frances (bur. 04 Sep 1638), dau. of Ralph Skipwith of Parkbury, Hertfordshire (b. c. 1536 - d. 1574/7) & Alice (d. 1574/7), dau. of John Coxe, wid. of Thomas Lee.^[5]

• Sir William of Lagham in Godstone, Surrey (d. 16 Feb 1621, bur. Godstone).

m. Mary, dau. of Sir Christopher Yelverton

• Katherine

m.1 John Stepkin of St. Katherine by the Tower.

m.2 Nicholas Smith of Annable, Herts.

• Anne of Sutton Coldfield (will 19 Jan 1639, proved 07 Feb Lichfield; inv. 01 Feb 1639).^[6]

m.1 Robert Perrot.^[6][7]

m.2 Marmaduke Dawney of York, late of Cowick (inv. 25 Dec 1629).^[6][8]

Lucas

m.2 (27 May 1582) Margaret Lucas of Gloucester (dsp?).^[1]

Will

• Date: Sep 1597.^[1]
• bur. St. Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey^[1]

Death

William died at the age of 66, on 26 November 1597. He was buried on 22 December 1597 at Bermondsey. He was suc. by his grandson Christopher, son of Christopher (dvp).^[1]

Notes

quarrel with Shakespeare...^[1]

• "In 1596 he quarrelled with Langley, the owner of the Swan theatre, and with William Shakespeare, and it is the investigation into this affair that underlies the contention that Shakespeare modelled Justice Shallow in The Merry Wives of Windsor on William Gardiner rather than on Thomas Lucy."^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11} Hasler, P.W. (1981). "Gardiner, William (1531-97), of Bermondsey, Surr.," in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603. HOP. Web.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Gardiner of Peckham, (Collectanea, 1836). WikiTree.com. Pedigree.
3. ↑ Burke, B. (1864). "Gardner, Richard," in The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, p. 387. Google Book. (see also 1884 edition).
4. ↑ Town, E. (2010, September). A House 'Re-Edified' - Thomas Sackville and the Transformation of Knole 1605-1608, p. 82. University of Sussex. PhD thesis. PDF.
5. ↑ Ralph Skipwith m. (c. 1559) Alice Coxe.

   Descendants of Ralph Skipwith of Parkbury. medievalgenealogy.org.uk. Pedigree.

6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} "Will of Anne Dawnay, 1639, (p. 44), & Will of Marmaduke, 1629, (p. 43).

   Visitation of England and Wales Notes, 1896, 1, p. 43 - 44. Google Books.

7. ↑ Anne Gardiner & Robert Perrot are the parents of:
   • Dorothy Mathers
   • and Frances Parkes.
8. ↑ Anne Gardiner and Marmaduke Dawney are the parents of:
   • Thomas Dawnay
   • John Dawnay
   • Dinah Dawnye.